Ecologists have come together for a meeting to determine the indirect and direct interactions between species that live in the habitat of a local pond. The feeding relationships were listed as: 1. Fish feed on larval dragonflies. 2. Adult dragonflies feed on bees. 3. Bees pollinate the terrestrial flowering plants.

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Mohamed Stout

25 March, 04:37

Ecologists have come together for a meeting to determine the indirect and direct interactions between species that live in the habitat of a local pond. The feeding relationships were listed as: 1. Fish feed on larval dragonflies. 2. Adult dragonflies feed on bees. 3. Bees pollinate the terrestrial flowering plants.

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Byron · Answer 1

Interactions

Explanation:

1) Direct interaction: A direct interaction deals with the direct impact of one individual on another when not mediated or transmitted through a third individual

Direct interactions in the given habitat are:

Bee and dragonfly Dragonfly and fish Terrestrial flowering plant and bee

2) Indirect interaction: An indirect interaction is the impact of one organism or species on another that is mediated or transmitted by a third

Indirect interactions in the given habitat are:

Bee and fish Dragonfly and terrestrial plant Terrestrial flowering plant and fish